Conveyer



Aug. 1, 1933.

[Illy/ll H. A. W. WOOD CONVEYER Filed Oct. 2, 1929 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 Aug. 1, 1933.

H; A. w. WOOD CONVEYER Filed Oct. 2, 1929 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 H. A. W. WOOD CONVEYER Filed Oct. 2, 1929 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 .gli

Patented Aug. l', '1933 Ysyassignor f 1 .to Wood .Newspaper..Machinery Gorporatiomy. Ik

New York,N.Y.,..a CorporationoffE Virginia i" "This invention relates tothe.' feeding of',` tails M"cnt fromstereotype vpilates and imperfect plates Vinto the Vmelting pot fof L a stereotype platecast-` 5. 'Theprincipalfobjects the invention are to ingmachine. i

provide" a" conveyer for this purpose, in vwhich L the tails,.ir nperfect plates, pigs, `or scraps of. metal 1 4will* not work off'the conveyenoneither .side; .Q Y y .vided with. .two .-bevel, gears .lor-.pinions 1,9;

ito' provide a conveyer withA positive meansfor "preventin'gthe dislodgmentr of the objects. on

iy'the conveyer' from one edge, andwithapeculiar construction for *preventing I the `same .thing happening on the 'other"edge;,fand 'alsofto provide fontighteningand loosening the chainsfof the conveyer.` e o Other objects and advantages will appear hereinafter. l

Reference is to bev had to the accompanying drawings, in which o Fig. 1 is a plan of a preferred'form of invention, shown double;

`Fig. 2 is a side view of thesame looking the direction of the arrow 2 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a plan of the `junction between the of the invention .this

rtwo conveyers and the driving means therefor as shown in Fig. 1, but on .enlarged scale;

Fig. 4 is a side view, taken `in the direction of the arrow 4 in Fig. 3; l Y

Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the conveyer and operating means, taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 1; Fig. 6l is a side view of one of the conveyers, looking in the direction of the arrow 6 in Fig. 1, and showing the adjusting means in section;

Fig. 7 is a4 plan of the same; and Fig. 8 is an end view of one of theconveyers looking in the direction of the arrow 8 in Fig. 1.

The invention is shown as appliedfor the purpose of supplying metal to amelting pot 10 and is illustrated in double form, so, that the tails cut from plates on two casting machines or units can be introduced into the same melting pot by these conveyers in a convenient manner. Itwill be understood thatthe melting pot is intended machine.

to supply the metal to the two casting machines. This invention does notrelate to any other part of the casting machine and therefore the drawings do notv illustrate any part of the casting inA Astantally the saine.

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i thereto ...tAppiication `neuster ,2, i929. serial aNo. s963126 solaires.` ,11.1.1985er"r .though .the invention .can ihepavrriedlput Ainfsub- "annerawithf, only. afsinelmo conveyen. 'whether fitr-receives metal "inl aasolid' i vstate from onecasting machine for; two. .-But

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one meshing with a bevel gear 20 1oeated=on shafts,2l. These..shaf-ts. ,21. are locatedatiaconsiderable, `angle to theshaft "17 ',i-These -twokr shafts 21. therefore'.mai/...flue-,located vat-ian f ,angleof about E 90 Vdegrees'. apart. .on-f. at.\any,- eother;con venient "angle,- and they are supported in bear-7,10 ings 22 carried by aframe 23 which is supported in'inclined` position,` as indicated in Fig. o

The two driving,"` shafts 21` are located over`4` a side edge vofthe meltingpot. At opposite ends 'W5 n o of the two 'frames23 are similar shafts carry-` ing Vthe other end ofthe device. On each of these flour shafts 21 are located a pair of sprock. ets 25 which mesh with sockets 26 extending inwardlyjfr'om a series of slats 27 constituting .twormgg Y conveyers. i Each shaftat the opposite -end is also provided with idler sprockets for the same 'v purpose, vbut the sprockets 25 ofcourse arel keyed to the. shaft 2l, so that the conveyer is positively driven. This conveyer being 'composedi of 'cross-slats constitutes a moving platform ln'y each case `which moves out over the `melting pot and deposits all'loose objects on it vdirectly l into the melting pot and into the body of molten j metal'therein. VIt will Ab efobserved, from the position of the two conveyers shown, Ithat they are" adapted to receive the severed tails and `imper` fect plates from two units of an automatic stereotype casting plant and deliver al1 of them to the same melting pot.` n f i The purpose of slanting'the conveyer is to prevent the displacement of the Vtails and plates, thereon over the upper edge of the conveyer. By

xhaving `this slanting arrangement, the tails and plates-gradually work downto the lower edge .Modo

and there is no danger of their being `discharged over the higher edge. At the .lower edge is a` buler plate `29 which may be integral with the frame 1,23 or secured in any desired way, which extendsl clear out into a position'v over the molten metal in the melting pot 10, and thusthe plates and tails will be moved along substantiallyrin contact with this buffer plate and discharged in a position near the iniddle of the melting p'ot.

i y -lzwsl aus l ensjff" elo For kthe purpose of adjusting the tautness of the conveyers, the shaft 21, which constitutes the idler shaft to support the idle end of each' endless apron, is supported in a pair of brackets 32 having slots 33 and adapted to be tightened by screw 34 for each bracket. secured in positionby bolts 35. passing through the slotsv 33 and into the solid part of the frame 23. v

It lwill be obvious that the adjustment of the endless aprons or conveyers for taking up any slack in them is conveniently reached from oppositesides of the conveyers. It will `be seen also thatv each conveyer is so Vconstructed with a minimum of expense;th`at the plates andtails will move along one 'edge' thereof and-be de` posited out into the middle of the melting pot, Where molten metal will not be likely to splash lup on the machinery, and that two conveyers are shown as arranged for receiving tails and `platesvfrorn the" two casting machines spaced `apart as previously stated.

" 5 Althoughl I have illustrated and described `onlya 'single formof the invention-I am aware fof the fact that changes canbe made therein "byany'person-skilled in the art without depart'- Y-ing from the scope offthe'invention as expressed i inthe'claims.- Therefore `I'dov'not wish to `be ij "1. A conveyer limited to the exact form shown, vbut what I do claim is :---'y 'l prising -an endless apron'and meansfor'operatving it, a frame o'n which said apron is located inclined transversely so thatobjects on the con- The brackets are l .,ltudinally positioned with respect to said edge,

connected'with said last named shafts to be forv the `purpose described, comveyer will not have any tendency to be discharged over the high edge thereof,. and a buffer plate along the 10W edge for insuring the delivery ofthe objects on the conveyer from a' point at the endof said low edge. f

2. In a conveying device for the purpose described, theI combination witha receiver, a yshaft located on the 'edge of the receiver and longiand gearing on said shaft at opposite ends, vof a pair of driving shafts llocated at amateral incline from each other and driven from the first named shaft by said gearing,v and a pair of conveyersfor dropping objects into the receiver driven thereby. l l

3..,In a conveying device for the purpose'described, the combination with a shaft located on the edge of a receiver and longitudinally positioned with respect .tov said edge, andbevelled gearing onv said shaft atopposite ends, of a pair ofl driving shafts located' at 'a material incline 'from each other and driven fromy the firstnamed shaft by said bevelled gearing, a pair of conveyers lfor dropping objects into the receiver connected with said last-named shafts to be driven thereby, said conveyers being.. transverselyinclined so` that objects on the'conveyer will not have anytendency to ybe discharged over the high v.edge thereof, and av bufferpflate along the lower edgefor insuring the delivery` of rthe, objects on they conveyer from apoint at the 

